Book for making garment belts



Dec. 1, 1953 s, GUGGINQ 2,661,223

BOOK FOR MAKING GARMENT BELTS Filed June 23, 1950 INVENTOR. SALVATORE Gucsemo BY I To- @4 Patented Dec. 1, 1953 UNITED stares BOOK FOR MAKING GABMEN T BELTS SalvatoreGuggino, New York, N. Y.

Application June 23, 1950, Serial No. 169,839

1 Claim. 1 This invention relates to. new and useful improvements in belts,.as belts for use on or to form parts, of ladies garments at. the waist region of the latter; and, more particularly, the aim is to provide a novel and valuable kitwhereby, with the new kit on hand, the home or amateur dressmaker may efiect the aperturingofabelt, to provide the correct. plurality of evenly spaced holes along the tongue end of the belt for later selective individual engagement with a buckle prong, and. also, when desired, to provide near the buckle carrying end or the. belt a buckle prong accommodating slotel'ongated in the direction of length of the belt...

According to the present invention, further, said kit includes a round hole punching die, and a book constituted by a plurality of patterns each carrying markings to indicate. placements on the belt of the apertures to be made through the belt by use of the die, with the markings all alike on the several patterns, but with each pattern of a difierent width from that of another or the others thereby to adapt different patterns for use in connection with belts of different widths; said markings preferably being constituted as aperturescut through a pattern.

Still a further feature of the invention is that with a pattern elongated in. the direction of length of the belt, such. pattern is of a length equal to only a fraction of: the length of thebelt, yet. due to themannerof placement of saidmarkings relative to: the expanse of the pattern, said markings may serve as fully dependable and always; clearly understood guides for the punching of said. holes and also, for the easy establishmentof said slot.

For further. comprehension. of the, invention,

and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming" a. material part'of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is av collective; view, showing, in plan, such a plurality of the patterns of. the invention as is now favored tobe included in the kit (with all these patterns drawn to about one-half full scale), and also showing, in perspective, and drawn to. about full. scale, the. round hole punching die also to be included in the kit.

Fig, 2, drawn to. about twice full. scale, is a section through said punching die, taken on the line 2,--Z of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an, elevational view of saidv die, looking toward theright in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view, showing one-oi the patterns of Fig. I, placed on a belt near the tongue end of thev latter, as for conducting one. step of the method.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing, the last-named pattern. after completion of, the. last-namedmet-hod step, now placed. on the same; belt but at the end of the. latter oppositelits. tongue end, as for conducting, another step-of the; method.

Fig. 6. is a fragmentary view in perspective, showing use of the die by hammer tap there.- against.

Fig. '7 is a perspectiveview showing abook construction wherein eachof a plurality of patterns. to be included in the kit is. carried by a different. transparent sheet, with these sheets padded. to.- gether.

Fig. 8. is a perspective View, showing, the two lower of said sheets swung, out of the way and. there. temporarily interlocked to. permit use. pursuant to the invention of the uppermost sheet of the pad.

Fig. 9 is a similar View, butv with now the top. and bottom sheets swung out of the way and there temporarily interlocked, to. permit usepursuant to. the invention of. the. middle sheet of the. pad.

Fig. 10 is a. view similar to Figs. 8 and9., but with now the, two upper sheets. swung. out. of. the, way and there temporarily interlockedlto permit use pursuant to, the invention. of the. lowermost. sheet of the pad.

Referring to the drawings more in detail, and; first to Figs. 1 through 6, the plurality of patterns. to be included in the kit. are indicated as. three. in number; these patterns, respectively designated I5, l6 and IT, being exactly alike, except that the pattern I5 is wider thanthe. pattern l5, and the pattern IT is wider thanthe pattern. Iii- These patterns desirably are made of a, fairly heavy paper or of, an exceedingly thin. andfl'exiible cardboard suggestive of heavy manila wrapping paper.

Each pattern has. like. apertures; these. includ? ing a, plurality of. round holes 1'8, herein. shown. a five thereof, equally spaced. longitudinally of the pattern. These holes l8, as a group, are. closer.

tern, for being used as a guide to assist in providing, at the buckle end of the belt, a slot through the belt for accommodation of the prong of a buckle on the belt.

A belt is fragmentarily illustrated at 2|. As said belt is herein shown, it is of the same width as the pattern l5, and consequently the pattern [5 will be used in connection with that belt, while employing the round hole punching die, 22, in.- cluded in the kit.

Said punching die 22, as best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, is in the main cylindrical; but tapered toward one end which is hollowed out to provide a circular cutting edge 23 above which, inside the die, is an upwardly extending throat 24 terminating in a discharge opening 25 for the small disk-like pieces of material cut from the belt material incidental to the aperturing of the belt by use of the die 22, as by hammer tap thereagainst, as indicated in Fig. 6.

The pattern I 5 will be used not only in connection with a belt which like the belt 2| is of the same width as the pattern IE but also in connection with a belt which while wider than said pattern I 5 is less wide than the pattern [6. Similarly, the pattern [6 will be used not only with a belt which is of the same width as the pattern IE but also in connection with a belt which while wider than said pattern I6 is less wide than the pattern l1. Likewise, the pattern I! will be used with a belt which is as wide as or wider than the said pattern 11. In all cases, therefore, it will be a simple and easy matter to arrange the longitudinal center line of the pattern with the longitudinal center line of the underlys ing belt. Thus one of merely three patterns may be used as guides for any one of a multiplicity of belts of slightly varying widths between a wide range of different widths.

With a pattern arranged relative to a belt as is the pattern l5 relative to the belt 2| in Fig. 4, the pattern and belt are in registry at the tongue ends of both, and now the locations of the holes l8 mark off the proper locations for corresponding holes through the belt. Consequently, use of the die 22 as already explained, at each of the different holes I8, seriatim, results in establishing corresponding holes along the tongue end of the belt as partially indicated at 26 in Fig. 5.

With the belt of leather, imitation leather,

plastic or some non-ravellable sheet material, the punching of such holes 26 therethrough is all that is required; whereas if the belt be of cloth or has a cloth cover or facing, the holes 26 may be easily and conveniently finished off by the ordinary buttonhole stitching.

Where the end 21 of the belt opposite to its tongue end is to be provided with a slot for accommodating the prong of a buckle, the same pattern l5 (or [6 or H, as the case may be) which was used or is to be used for aperturing the belt in accordance with the number and placement of the round holes I8 through said pattern, is also used to make it possible to establish said slot through the belt quickly, easily and at precisely the correct locationby guidance of the slot 20 as already stated. All that is required is to slip the pattern along the length of the belt until the end of the pattern which is adjacent to the slot 20 is lined up with the buckle end 21 of the belt; and then to use the punch 22, as shown in Fig. 6 and as already explained, but merely once at each of the two ends of said slot 20.

Following removal of the pattern, a sharp knife or even a small pair of scissors may be used for the making of a pair of parallel straight-line slits through the belt material thereby to transform the two punchings last referred to into the desired slot through the belt.

With the belt of leather, imitation leather, plastic or some analogous sheet material, the establishment of said slot through the belt as just explained is all that is necessary; whereas if the belt be of cloth or has a cloth cover or facing, said slot may be easily and conveniently finished 01? by the ordinary buttonhole stitching.

In accordance with the invention, the patterns l5, I6 and I! are applied to the sheets of a book wherein a single selected sheet may be exposed to view, the remaining sheets being held together to help maintain the book open to expose the desired pattern.

As shown in Figs. 7-10, each pattern l5, l6 and I1, these respectively corresponding to the patterns [5, l6 and I1, is carried, so far as its outline is concerned, as a printing on a different one of three transparent sheets A, B and C all alike. Each of these patterns, at appropriate points within the expanse thereof, is apertured, as shown, in accordance with the described aperturing of each of the patterns l5, l6 and I! to provide the round holes l8 and the slot 20 thereof.

The sheets A, B and C are suitably padded together, as by use of wire staples as indicated at 28. As a consequence, there is no necessity to fumble for a desired pattern, and also no chance to lose or mislay any pattern.

Nevertheless, the pattern on any sheet A, B or C. may be used, without detaching that sheet from the pad; yet without interference from the other two sheets of the pad. In other words, means are provided for quick and quick-releasable yet dependably adequate interlocking of any two sheets of the pad other than that sheet the pattern of which is desired to be used, while said two sheets are swung out of the way. Each sheet A, B and C, it will be noted, has, at its end remote from the staples 28, a tab 29, and a slit 30, parallel to the base of the tab and spaced inward from such base. Thus, when it is the pattern IS on the sheet A which is to be used, the parts are arranged as in Fig. 8; with the tab 29 of the sheet B now sent through the slit 30 of the sheet C. Similarly, when it is the pattern [6 on the sheet B which is to be used, the parts are arranged as in Fig. 9; with the tab 29 of the sheet C now sent through the slit 30 of the sheet A. Likewise, when it is the pattern I1 on the sheet C which is to be used, the parts are arranged as in Fig. 10; with the tab 29 of the sheet B now sent through the slit 30 of the sheet A.

While I have illustrated and described the pre- "erred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

A book for carrying a plurality of patterns comprising a plurality of superimposed sheets, each sheet carrying a pattern, means securing said sheets together at one end thereof, a slit in each sheet adjacent the other free end, and a tab on each sheet extended from the free end of said sheet adjacent the slit, the tabs and slits being 5 adapted to interlock when selected sheets are Number bent back, thereby exposing a. single sheet to use. 1,145,244 1,871,597 SALVATORE GUGGINO. 1,974,814 References Cited. in the file of this patent 5 2 233 322 UNITED STATES PATENTS 2:213:92) Number Name Date 2,239,145 100,579 Wolfington Mar. 8, 1870 2,250,718 279,735 Fotens June 19, 1883 10 2,395,215 286,736 Shepard. Oct. 16, 1883 770,255 Bates Sept, 20, 1904 778,254 Laugh. Dec. 27, 1904 Number 778,464 Specht Dec. 27, 1904 .2

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